Westmeath Senior Football Championship | |
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Current season or competition: 2016 Westmeath Senior Football Championship |
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Irish | Craobh Sinsear Peile na hIarmhí |
Founded | 1892 |
Title holders | St. Loman's Mullingar (5th title) |
First winner | Athlone |
Most titles | Athlone (19 titles) |
Sponsors | Shay Murtagh Precast |
The Westmeath Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Westmeath GAA between the top Gaelic football clubs in County Westmeath. The winner of the Westmeath Championship qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The current champions are St. Loman's Mullingar, winning their 5th title in 2016.
The 12 teams that will compete in the 2013 Westmeath Senior Football Championship are:
Section A: Mullingar Shamrocks, Maryland, Athlone, Bunbrosna, The Downs, Castletown/Finnea/Coole/Whitehall,
Section B: Garrycastle, St.Lomans, Tyrrellspass, Castledaly, Coralstown/Kinnegad, Killucan.
Castletown/Finnea/Coole/Whitehall gain promotion to the Senior championship as a reward for their 2012 Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship victory, while St Malachy's are relegated to Intermediate after eleven seasons in the top flight.